Name: Gabria
Appearance: tall with short-cropped blond hair, green eyes
Magic: has the ability to use magic, even though it's been forbidden for 200 years
 | Book 1: Dark Horse Gabria is 17 when her clan is massacered. Gabria suspects a powerful enemy of her father has done this, and sets out to get revenge. After helping a powerful and intelligent black horse, Gabria is taken in by another clan. She enters diguised as his twin brother Garbran, in order to be allowed to avenge the slaughter of her family. But some consider her to be bad luck, and the wer-tain has his own suspicions of her. Some accept her only because of Nara, the horse powerful horse who's chosen her as her rider. To add to Gabria's difficulties, a few hectic events lead her to realize she may have the power to use magic, something her people have believed to be evil for years. |
 | Book 2: Lightning's Daughter Now that Gabria's use of magic is known to the clans, she must endure 6 months of exile in the temple of Amara to prove she is in the Goddess's favor. Near the end of her exile, she follows an inner calling to visit the lands of her lost clan and overcome the past. Just as Gabria reaches a sense of calm and excitement to return to her new home, Nara rushes her to a meeting of the Hunnuli who warn her of a magical threat to come. Gabria promises to do her best to stop the enemy Branth from misusing power before it leads to terrible destruction. ***Note: these books are part of a Quintet which includes Valorian (the prequel), City of Sorcerors, and Winged Magic. |
